David P. Young’s Central High experience included Concert Band, Debate, Road Show, Central High Players, Hi-Y, Latin Club and Journalism. After graduating from CHS, Mr. Young went on to Carlton College, graduating with honors in English in 1958. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at Yale University in 1959 and 1965. During his nearly half-century career, Mr. Young’s published works have included ten volumes of poetry as well as eleven volumes of verse translated from Chinese, German, Spanish and Czech. Mr. Young’s other works include creative nonfiction and critical studies of Shakespeare and Yeats. He has edited six anthologies and received fourteen major awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979 and the Pushcart Prize in 2002. Mr. Young has taught at Oberlin College since 1961, including visiting professorships at Harvard, Bread Loaf School of English, Yeats International Summer School and University of California/Irvine.